
Esmar (Faroe Islands) – Spekuleri (Speculation) (single)
Reading time: 2 minutesWe haven’t had a post about a Faroese artist for a while; time to put that right. Esmar’s song ‘Spekuleri’ translates, unsurprisingly, as ‘Speculation’. There’s

Reading time: 2 minutesWe haven’t had a post about a Faroese artist for a while; time to put that right. Esmar’s song ‘Spekuleri’ translates, unsurprisingly, as ‘Speculation’. There’s

Reading time: 2 minutesWe haven’t had a post about a Faroese artist for a while; time to put that right. Esmar’s song ‘Spekuleri’ translates, unsurprisingly, as ‘Speculation’. There’s

Reading time: 2 minutesAn unusual review today and it isn’t a new song, which is normally a requirement for inclusion in NMC. May 8th was the 81st anniversary

Reading time: 3 minutesValerie Melina burst onto the NMC scene in 2024 with the single ‘Death of me’, which concerned having such a huge crush on someone that

Reading time: 2 minutesGibrish’s band member Christer Suneson summed it up nicely when he said “perhaps there have been too many Dylan versions recorded in the world”. When

Reading time: < 1 minuteIt is always good to hear new material from Birds are Better (Stian Fjelldal), an erudite and thoughtful type who wouldn’t know what wallpaper music

Reading time: < 1 minuteThe Uppsala-based Almost DEAD MEN are still hanging on, defying the flatline for as long as they can and still churning out classic 70s Swedish